Merton London Borough Council election, 2010

6 May 2010

All 60 council seats on Merton London Borough Council

Turnout

66.3% (

23.4%)^[1]^[2]

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Conservative
Last election	27 seats, 34.8%	30 seats, 44.6%
Seats won	28	27
Seat change	1	3
Popular vote	101,959	94,893
Percentage	39.0%	36.3%
Swing	4.2%	8.3%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Merton Park Residents	Liberal Democrat
Last election	3 seats, 3.0%	0 seats, 12.0%
Seats won	3	2
Seat change		2
Popular vote	7,572	47,291
Percentage	2.9%	18.1%
Swing	0.1%	6.1%

Map of the results of the 2010 Merton council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Merton Park Ward Residents Association in white.

Council leader before election

David Williams
Conservative

Council leader after election

Stephen Alambritis
Labour

Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 6 May 2010. This was on the same day as other local elections in England and a national general election.^[1]

Results

Labour became the largest party in Merton, defeating the incumbent minority Conservative administration. However, Labour fell three seats short of a majority, so the council remained under no overall control.

The Liberal Democrats regained two seats in West Barnes from the Conservatives and the Merton Park Ward Residents' Association maintained its three councillors in Merton Park.^[1]

Merton Local Election Result 2010^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	28	1	0	1	46.7%	39.0%	101,959	4.2%
Conservative	27	0	3	3	45.0%	36.3%	94,893	8.3%
Merton Park Residents	3	0	0	0	5.0%	2.9%	7,572	0.1%
Liberal Democrat	2	2	0	2	3.3%	18.1%	47,291	6.1%
Green	0	0	0	0	0%	1.7%	4,331	2.2%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0%	0.9%	2,439	0.3%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	0.6%	1,445	n/a
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0%	0.5%	1,206	0.2%
Christian Peoples	0	0	0	0	0%	0.1%	149	n/a

UKIP defections

On 15 May 2013, four Conservative councillors defected to the UK Independence Party (UKIP). This included Suzanne Evans, who later became a national UKIP spokeswoman.^[4] No by-elections were called as a result of the defections.

References

1 2 3 "Merton". London Councils. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
↑ "London Datastore". data.london.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
↑ "Merton Council Election Results 2010". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
↑ May, Lauren (16 May 2013). "Councillors left 'open mouthed' by shock resignation of four senior Tories". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

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